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Late this afternoon, Delaware became a School Improvement Grant Recipient to the tune of $10.5 Mil.  The application process for school districts is finally in play...  Tennessee, the second RTTT round one winner, still waits on their application to USDOE.

As of June 24, 2010, Delaware and Tennessee, Round One Winners of the Race to the Top competition, have yet to be awarded School Improvement Grants. Curiously, several other strong RTTT Round One finalists are also absent from the list of current awardees, such as Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, and Rhode Island.

Jump here to visit the June 21st State Edwatch Blog SIG update: http://blogs.edweek.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=78&tag=school%20improvement%20grants&limit=20

You can view SIG applications for the winning states as of June 24th, by clicking through the link below.
http://neapriorityschools.org/2010/06/18/sig-grant-totals-by-state-2/

SIG Grant Totals by State

The U.S. Department of Education has approved School Improvement Grant applications for several states and has announced the amount of grant money those states will receive. The states that currently have approved SIG applications include:

Alabama: $58 million
Alaska: $10.7 million
Arizona: $70 million
Colorado: $40 million
Connecticut: $25.7 million
Delaware: $10.5 million
District of Columbia: $12 million
Georgia: $122 million
Indiana: $61 million
Iowa: $18 million
Kansas: $27 million
Kentucky: $56 million
Maryland: $47 million
Michigan: $119 million
Minnesota: $34 million
Missouri: $54 million
Nevada: $23.4 million
New Jersey: $66 million
New Mexico: $28 million
New York: $308 million
North Carolina: $91 million
Ohio: $132 million
Oklahoma: $39 million
Pennsylvania: $141 million
South Carolina: $50.8 million
South Dakota: $11.3 million
Texas: $338 million
Utah: $17.4 million
Vermont: $8.5 million
Virginia: $59.8 million
Washington: $50 million
West Virginia: $21.9 million
Wisconsin: $51 million